rdate — Set System Date from a Remote Host

Synopsis

/bin/rdate hostname

Description

You can use the rdate command to set the local date and time to match the local date and time of the hostname system. You must be superuser on the local system. Typically, you use rdate as part of a startup script.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes.

Attribute TypeAttribute Value
AvailabilitySUNWcsu

See Also

attributes(5)

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